GROUP UP TO LEARN TOGETHER - A System for Equitable Allocation of Students to Groups

V. Deineko, F. O'Brien, T. Ridd

2009

Abstract

Group-based learning is overwhelmingly accepted as an important feature of current education practices. The success of using a group-based teaching methodology depends, to a great extent, on the quality of the allocation of students into working teams. We have modelled this problem as a vector packing problem and constructed an algorithm that combines the advantage of local search algorithms with the branch and bound methodology. The algorithm easily finds exact solutions to real life problems with about 130-150 students. The algorithm is implemented in GroupUp – a decision support tool which has been successfully used in the University of Warwick for a number of years.

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Deineko V., O'Brien F. and Ridd T. (2009). GROUP UP TO LEARN TOGETHER - A System for Equitable Allocation of Students to Groups . In Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-8111-82-1, pages 140-145. DOI: 10.5220/0001845401400145


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@conference{csedu09,
author={V. Deineko and F. O'Brien and T. Ridd},
title={GROUP UP TO LEARN TOGETHER - A System for Equitable Allocation of Students to Groups},
booktitle={Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2009},
pages={140-145},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001845401400145},
isbn={978-989-8111-82-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - GROUP UP TO LEARN TOGETHER - A System for Equitable Allocation of Students to Groups
SN - 978-989-8111-82-1
AU - Deineko V.
AU - O'Brien F.
AU - Ridd T.
PY - 2009
SP - 140
EP - 145
DO - 10.5220/0001845401400145